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the secrt word used during inspection. next on cbs 5 >> couric: we end with a child of the '70s all grown up now and the vigil she's kept for four decades for a missing american hero-- a vigil that's about to come to an end. here's steve hartman with tonight's "assignment america." >> reporter: while the war raged in vietnam, back home these became all the rage. metal bracelets sold by the millions, each bearing the name of a soldier who was either stale prisoner in vietnam or missing in action. the idea was to wear the bracelet and only take it off when your vet came home. the bracelets were especially popular with kids. like that 12-year-old girl from fremont, california, who got a bracelet in her christmas stocking in 1972. do you remember getting it? >> i was excited, i put it on right away, read the piece of paper that came with it and i thought "i'll keep it on until he comes home." >> reporter: kathy strong, now 50, still remembers the name, too, james moreland. he was a green beret that has been stationed in lang v
the secrt word used during inspection. next on cbs 5 >> couric: we end with a child of the '70s all grown up now and the vigil she's kept for four decades for a missing american hero-- a vigil that's about to come to an end. here's steve hartman with tonight's "assignment america." >> reporter: while the war raged in vietnam, back home these became all the rage. metal bracelets sold by the millions, each bearing the name of a soldier who was either stale prisoner in...
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they comprise 90% of all the dyes used in this country. we're saying to the f.d.a., get rid of that whole kid an caboodle. >> reporter: while the u.s. grocery industry insists there's no link between artificial coloring and hyperactivity, the european union now requires a warning label on foods containing these dyes. >> i think the government should get involved to educate consumers that this could possibly be a similar outcome for other children. >> reporter: the f.d.a. panel isn't considering whether to ban these dyes but we could hear a call for more research and possibly warning labels. erica. >> hill: if your piece, ben's mom said there was this huge difference in her son when she cut out the dyes but how do we know it was really the dyes that were affecting him? >> reporter: we don't know. it could have been the dyes. it could have been the sugar. it could have been gluten or something else we're not even thinking of or a combination of it all and that's one of the real challenges for researchers. >> hill: if parents though are think
they comprise 90% of all the dyes used in this country. we're saying to the f.d.a., get rid of that whole kid an caboodle. >> reporter: while the u.s. grocery industry insists there's no link between artificial coloring and hyperactivity, the european union now requires a warning label on foods containing these dyes. >> i think the government should get involved to educate consumers that this could possibly be a similar outcome for other children. >> reporter: the f.d.a. panel...
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"i trained for a couple of days and it's not hard to use it" he told us. the lightly-trained rebels have run into trouble in the last few days. down the road, government forces have retaken the town. state t.v. showed these pictures and this chilling statement by a qaddafi supporter: >> reporter: underlying the message, images of captured rebels face down on the ground. the clearest sign yet that this conflict has reached a dangerous new stage. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf libya. >> couric: the trouble in libya has caused the price of gas here to soar. it's now up to an average of $3.52 a gallon. still, that's more than 50 cents less than the all-time high in 2008. back then, a lot of americans turned to mass transit to save money. but as ben tracy reports, commuters are finding a very different ride this time around. >> reporter: this is your 8:25 train? >> yup. >> reporter: okay, we'll hop on with you. >> okay. >> reporter: this morning in pasadena, california, we road the rails with jackie gilberto to downtown los angeles. she ditched her car. when
"i trained for a couple of days and it's not hard to use it" he told us. the lightly-trained rebels have run into trouble in the last few days. down the road, government forces have retaken the town. state t.v. showed these pictures and this chilling statement by a qaddafi supporter: >> reporter: underlying the message, images of captured rebels face down on the ground. the clearest sign yet that this conflict has reached a dangerous new stage. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf...
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but jiahani tells us he just wants to see his besieged city finally free. the latest reports we're hearing is that there is fierce fighting going on in ajdabiya at the moment. the front line has been very fluid, moving several miles in a day. katie? >> couric: and, mandy, what's going on right now where you are in benghazi? >> well, the main concern here is pockets of rogue elements loyal to qaddafi that are doing hit-and-run attacks so rebels here have been beefing up security, adding more checkpoints in key locations. >> couric: mandy clark, as always, mandy, thank you so much. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner called on president obama today to make clear exactly what the mission in libya is and how it will be accomplished. david martin reports the president and the military tried to do just that. >> reporter: now in its third day, operation odyssey dawn gathered steam as aircraft from more and more countries joined american jets in enforcing a no- fly zone over libya. their mission is limited to stopping qaddafi from attacking his own people, but th
but jiahani tells us he just wants to see his besieged city finally free. the latest reports we're hearing is that there is fierce fighting going on in ajdabiya at the moment. the front line has been very fluid, moving several miles in a day. katie? >> couric: and, mandy, what's going on right now where you are in benghazi? >> well, the main concern here is pockets of rogue elements loyal to qaddafi that are doing hit-and-run attacks so rebels here have been beefing up security,...
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what they want to show us and the places they want to show us. today we were able to get away with a single miner who said "you can go wherever you want and you can speak with whoever you encounter." we saw this bustling vegetable market and started asking away. how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard dozens of times today. >> very good. very good. >> reporter: while other parts of libya may be ready for civil war. that's not what you hear in tripoli. >> you want to make change, you want to make a revolution, i'm with you guys. but the problem, when you start burning your country, you start killing the people-- why's that? >> reporter: call it group- think. maybe towing the company line. they do start pretty young here. the little girl says "allah, qaddafi, libya, and that's it." >> no one else but moammar qaddafi. >> reporter: tripoli streets were bustling with shops and folks going to work
what they want to show us and the places they want to show us. today we were able to get away with a single miner who said "you can go wherever you want and you can speak with whoever you encounter." we saw this bustling vegetable market and started asking away. how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard...
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move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> smith: finally tonight, when you see how the japanese people are suffering in the wake of a natural disaster, the reaction is to want to help. that's exactly what some kids are doing as mark strassmann reports. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: when tsunami relief on their minds, kids in dallas squeezed the aid from lemons. a lemonade fund-raiser for japan. in an hour they raised more than $1,000. >> people all wonder why we're doing this right now. >> reporter: in atlanta... >> it really makes me want to help those people. >> reporter: kindergartener tuesday muse saw the destruction on television. like kids all over, she's trying to make sense of the unthinkable. >> i was, like, how can i help? could i do a sale
move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> smith: finally tonight, when you see how the japanese people are suffering in the wake of a natural disaster, the reaction is to want to help. that's exactly what...
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tell us what you're remembering about your son today? >> just about how good a kid he was, how proud he was to be a soldier, how proud he was of america. and if he could see this, i don't think he'd be very proud of this country right now. >> couric: thank you very much for speaking with us, mr. snyder. we so appreciate it. >> you're welcome, katie. >> couric: now turning to libya where oil is the life blood of moammar qaddafi's regime. and in a major offensive today, he tried to retake a key oil terminal captured by rebels in the eastern city of brega. qaddafi's warplanes dropped bombs but the opposition beat back the attack. meanwhile, two u.s. warships passed through the suez canal today heading closer to libya. defense secretary robert gates says they could be used to evacuate civilians. the libyan border is overwhelmed with refugees. 30,000 are waiting to get into tunisia. and some foreign workers were able to get out on ships bound for egypt. but back to today's major development, qaddafi's failed offensive in brega. mandy clark wa
tell us what you're remembering about your son today? >> just about how good a kid he was, how proud he was to be a soldier, how proud he was of america. and if he could see this, i don't think he'd be very proud of this country right now. >> couric: thank you very much for speaking with us, mr. snyder. we so appreciate it. >> you're welcome, katie. >> couric: now turning to libya where oil is the life blood of moammar qaddafi's regime. and in a major offensive today, he...
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. so i feel better by the time we tee off. want to transform dinner from blah to oh la la? cook with campbell's. with touches like a splash of fresh cream or sauterne wine. our soups help you put smiles on the faces of the ones you love. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >> couric: now to the drug wars. earlier this week we told you how a controversial operation by the a.t.f. may have helped put lethal weapons in the hands of mexican gangs. tonight sharyl attkisson reports some of those weapons have been implicated in the death of a u.s. border patrol agent. >> reporter: while a.t.f. was allegedly allowing mexican drug cartels be armed with assault rifles from the u.s., a special border patrol team in arizona was fighting, in part, with beanbag guns last december 14. that's according to newly released court doc
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he told us. most of the people who come to this hospital at least know where their loved ones are, but there are many more families who simply don't know the fate of the missing. this man turned on libyan state television last night and saw his cousins tied up and displayed as rebel prisoners captured in bin jawad. that one? he showed us the video and insisted neither man was a fighter. how does it make you feel when you look at this? >> "i feel angry. these are young people. how can they end up in a situation like this?" he told us. the world may be shocked at the spectacle of burning oil pipelines, but it's the cost in human lives that's on the minds of most libyans tonight. mandy clark, cbs news, agdibiya. >> couric: meanwhile, mark phillips has made it to the town of zawiyah, where qaddafi loyalists have fought bloody battles with the opposition. mark i know both sides were claiming victory today, but what did you see when you were out and about? >> reporter: the government has been claiming
he told us. most of the people who come to this hospital at least know where their loved ones are, but there are many more families who simply don't know the fate of the missing. this man turned on libyan state television last night and saw his cousins tied up and displayed as rebel prisoners captured in bin jawad. that one? he showed us the video and insisted neither man was a fighter. how does it make you feel when you look at this? >> "i feel angry. these are young people. how can...
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the rebels are anxious to show us the huge crater. there were no casualties, but their close call has them worked up. "we want a war face to face" this man screams. but this is not a war being fought face to face, and that's a problem for the rebels. government forces have heavy weapons to bomb them from a distance and today that advantage was enough to move the front line one town further east. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf >> couric: in tripoli, mark phillips spoke today with qaddafi's son saif, he vow it had government will soon retake all of livia. >> do you think you've broken the back of this rebellion? have you broken the back of this resistance? >> 100%. in fact, we are fighting less than one thousand, 800 people. >> reporter: that's the strength you estimate? >> this is the whole strength and power of the militia. >> reporter: you say there's no scope to talk anymore? you're just going to... >> enough. enough is enough. enough is enough. for me personally, i have no mercy towards them. >> reporter: you're just going to squ
the rebels are anxious to show us the huge crater. there were no casualties, but their close call has them worked up. "we want a war face to face" this man screams. but this is not a war being fought face to face, and that's a problem for the rebels. government forces have heavy weapons to bomb them from a distance and today that advantage was enough to move the front line one town further east. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf >> couric: in tripoli, mark phillips spoke today...
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and maybe a lot harder on us than we first thought. a new study says romantic heart break can actually result in real physical pain. ben tracy lets us down easy. >> reporter: the santa monica pier is often overrun with flocks of lovebirds. they do a lot of this. >> there's, like, no words for it really to explain. you know that it's love. >> reporter: but lakyta jones knows there are words when it ends. have you ever been dumped? >> yes. >> reporter: what did that feel like? >> heartbreaking. >> reporter: most of us have felt the pain. >> the gut punch. that's classic, man. you don't actually have to get hit to feel it. >> you feel like you're hyperventilating. >> just sick. like you just got punched in the stomach real hard. >> reporter: science is now trying to explain why getting our feelings hurt actually physically hurts. so researchers rounded up 40 people who had been broken up with in the past six months. in one test they touched them with a hot probe to make them feel physical pain and then in another test they made them focus
and maybe a lot harder on us than we first thought. a new study says romantic heart break can actually result in real physical pain. ben tracy lets us down easy. >> reporter: the santa monica pier is often overrun with flocks of lovebirds. they do a lot of this. >> there's, like, no words for it really to explain. you know that it's love. >> reporter: but lakyta jones knows there are words when it ends. have you ever been dumped? >> yes. >> reporter: what did that...
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"they kept telling us the plant was safe but they were leading us on all this time." and yet anger and bitterness are not the operative emotions here. hope and empathy are. she says "if getting angry would make things better or make us happier then we would. but instead of getting mad, it's better to help each other out." "we have to stay focused on the recovery" says this mother of two. "that's what we're all thinking about." these are the survivors. it's estimated more than 20,000 others will not have been so lucky. amazing grace... ♪ >> reporter: so kindness and cooperation are the anthem of strength. the saving grace of refugees whose ordeal has really just begun. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> couric: more now from our new cbs news poll out tonight. about half of americans say they're concerned about radiation from japan reaching the united states. about seven out of ten say they believe nuclear power plants here in the u.s. are generally safe but more than six in ten don't want one built near where they live. and 58% say the u.s. government is not prepared fo
"they kept telling us the plant was safe but they were leading us on all this time." and yet anger and bitterness are not the operative emotions here. hope and empathy are. she says "if getting angry would make things better or make us happier then we would. but instead of getting mad, it's better to help each other out." "we have to stay focused on the recovery" says this mother of two. "that's what we're all thinking about." these are the survivors....
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>> i used to think birds were dumb. this has changed all that. >> reporter: they've always claimed that love has no bounds. but now we have proof of it. >> isn't she an angel? >> reporter: thanks to one devoted love bird and a goose. >> you're beautiful! >> reporter: one footnote, in a few months the city has to drain the lake for a cleanup project maria will be temporarily relocated. not sure where yet but hopefully within scooter distance. katie. >> couric: that was one strange story. but i liked it. steve, thank you so much. and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. capt and that attorney didn't stop there. the string of . >> you are watching cbs 5 in high definition. >> this is the continuing saga of the classic example. >> and that attorney didn't stop there. the string of bomb essentially announced it today and what it all means for the case of phillip and nancy garrido. >> can you demand taxes from a business that technica
>> i used to think birds were dumb. this has changed all that. >> reporter: they've always claimed that love has no bounds. but now we have proof of it. >> isn't she an angel? >> reporter: thanks to one devoted love bird and a goose. >> you're beautiful! >> reporter: one footnote, in a few months the city has to drain the lake for a cleanup project maria will be temporarily relocated. not sure where yet but hopefully within scooter distance. katie. >>...
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. >> mitchell: it is a decision of a lifetime-- to open your heart and your home to adopt a child. an emotional choice that one alleged con artist may have exploited to scam would be parents. she promised them her babies, but all they got was heartache-- until she was tracked down by cbs news chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian. >> want to go get it? go get it. >> reporter: holly and mark gonzales tried for four frustrating years to have children. >> good boy! >> reporter: costing the couple about $120,000. then last month came a call from their adoption attorney. >> she said "we have a birth mom who's pregnant with twins due next friday." >> reporter: their attorney put holly on the phone with the expectant mother who said her name was kristy bennett, a 34- year-old single mother of three from missouri. >> a ha
time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. >> mitchell: it is a decision of a lifetime-- to open your heart and your home to adopt a child. an emotional choice that one alleged con artist may have exploited to scam would be parents. she promised them her babies, but all they got was heartache-- until she was tracked...